Description

Key Information:

Soil: Hydric (Wet-Moist). Emergent.
Sun: Full Sun – Part Sun
Height: 3-6 feet
Type: Cool season

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Suggested Uses: River Bulrush is an attractive bulrush for shoreline restoration and large rain gardens. It has attractive seed heads and is a good plant to use as a buffer against wave action.  It is frequently found growing out of shallow water at the edges of wetlands.

Native Range: Native throughout Minnesota and across most of the contiguous U.S. Most commonly found in the Midwest and the Northeast.

Wildlife Value: Provides food and cover for many of mammals, birds, amphibians and reptiles!

Other Names: Schoenoplectus fluviatilis, Scirpus fluviatilis

More information: USDA plant profile